FA> There is also something about it not being ISO, and i believe
FA> i've heard that certain compilers don't support inline asm. (??)

JG> In-line assembly was one of the very first thing specified in
JG> the original draft of C. It's a vital part of the language and all
JG> compilers must support it.  One of C's strongest features is it's
JG> expandability.  If the language doesn't have a function you can add
JG> it.  K&R recognised right from the start that there are always going
JG> to be many things which just can't be done very well in anything
JG> other than assemler.

It is not part of the ISO C standard.  They aren't part of the ANSI C
standard either...

A. APPENDICES

   (These appendices are not a part of American National Standard
for Information Systems --- Programming Language C, X3.???-1988.)  

   These appendices collect information that appears in the
Standard, and are not necessarily complete.   

And I bet it isn't in K&R C either.  BFN.  Paul.
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